Teval, the Kinda Balanced Scale [CS: 7.4, B: 3] by jessichu

Format: Commander

Commander: Teval, the Balanced Scale

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 50

Deck overview

This Sultai deck is built around Teval, the Balanced Scale, using self-mill and land recursion to generate extensive token armies and card advantage. Early turns focus on accelerating mana with low-cost mana dorks and land ramp. Once Teval hits the battlefield, attacking mills cards and returns lands from the graveyard, which repeatedly triggers Teval to produce 2/2 Zombie Druid tokens. The deck pairs these tokens with aristocrat sacrifice outlets such as Ashnod's Altar, Ayara, First of Locthwain, and Syr Konrad, the Grim to drain life totals rapidly. Mass reanimation through Living Death and large-scale token generation via Titania, Protector of Argoth provide secondary routes to overwhelm opponents. Supported by efficient protection spells like Veil of Summer and free interaction like Deadly Rollick, the list transitions smoothly from a resilient resource engine into a decisive Turn 5 or 6 finish.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Academy Ruins
  • 1 Aftermath Analyst
  • 1 Altar of Dementia
  • 1 Animate Dead
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashnod's Altar
  • 1 Ayara, First of Locthwain
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bloodghast
  • 1 Boseiju, Who Endures
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Colossal Grave-Reaver
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Culling the Weak
  • 1 Cyclonic Rift
  • 1 Dark Ritual
  • 1 Deadly Rollick
  • 1 Deathrite Shaman
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Eternal Witness
  • 1 Farseek
  • 1 Fellwar Stone
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Vigor
  • 10 Forest
  • 1 God-Eternal Bontu
  • 1 Golgari Thug
  • 1 Gravecrawler
  • 1 Icetill Explorer
  • 1 Insidious Roots
  • 4 Island
  • 1 Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord
  • 1 Kheru Goldkeeper
  • 1 Kishla Skimmer
  • 1 Lasyd Prowler
  • 1 Life from the Loam
  • 1 Liliana, Death's Majesty
  • 1 Living Death
  • 1 Lotuslight Dancers
  • 1 Marwyn, the Preserver
  • 1 Meren of Clan Nel Toth
  • 1 Mistrise Village
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Muldrotha, the Gravetide
  • 1 Mystic Remora
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Oracle of Mul Daya
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pitiless Plunderer
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Reanimate
  • 1 Reassembling Skeleton
  • 1 Regrowth
  • 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
  • 1 Skull Prophet
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Songs of the Damned
  • 1 Stitch Together
  • 7 Swamp
  • 1 Sylvan Library
  • 1 Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • 1 Talisman of Dominance
  • 1 Talisman of Resilience
  • 1 Teval's Judgment
  • 1 Teval, the Balanced Scale
  • 1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
  • 1 Tortured Existence
  • 1 Twilight Mire
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Unholy Grotto
  • 1 Veil of Summer
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Vernal Fen
  • 1 Victimize
  • 1 Wastewood Verge
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wight of the Reliquary
  • 1 Woodland Cemetery
  • 1 Zulaport Cutthroat